ANKARA (Turkey), January 29 (SeeNews) – Turkey’s tourism revenue decreased by 65% in 2020, reaching $12.6 billion (10.4 billion euro), the country’s statistical office said on Friday.
In the fourth quarter alone, tourism revenues halved to $3.9 billion, TurkStat said in a statement.
Personal expenditures contributed nearly $10 billion of Turkey’s total tourism revenue last year, while package tour expenditure brought in some $2.6 billion.
The average expenditure per night per tourist was $61 last year – $70 per night for foreign tourists and $44 per night for Turkish citizens resident abroad.
The number of visitors to Turkey decreased by 70% to 15.8 million in 2020. Of the total number, 80% or 12.7 million…